Boston Food Resource Maps Aim to Provide Better Access to Healthy Meal Options

by James Fuccione | Apr 26, 2018 | Data and Reports, Systems and Best Practices

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s Office of Food Access has created food resource maps in six languages for each of the city’s neighborhoods with a goal of improving the availability to healthy eating options for all residents. The Massachusetts Municipal...

Age-Friendly Funding Opportunity Round-up

by James Fuccione | Apr 4, 2018 | News and Updates, Systems and Best Practices

Proof of momentum in the Age-Friendly movement can be seen with new communities joining the network of cities and towns, but also with the funding opportunities that advance not only local efforts, but also the broader healthy aging work of stakeholders. The Healthy...

The Role of CDCs in the Age-Friendly Movement

by James Fuccione | Mar 14, 2018 | News and Updates

If the aim of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations sounds familiar, it is because MACDC and their member Community Development Corporations across Massachusetts make excellent partners for Age-Friendly Community efforts.  MACDC...

Boston Globe: Many of state’s elderly struggle to pay their bills

by James Fuccione | Jul 31, 2017 | News and Updates

A recent Boston Globe article highlighted the state’s struggling performance on the elder economic security index, a tool developed by UMass Boston and promoted by healthy aging advocates. As the article states, “More than 60 percent of single older adults...